Connecticut Huskies Women's Basketball News

Today is a landmark day at the University of Connecticut, where the school's president, Susan Herbst, announced that she has hired a new athletic director.

Kemba Walker, who almost singlehandedly led the University of Connecticut men's basketball team on a magical ride to the national championship, and track star Shannon Gagne have been selected as the 2011 Athletes of the Year by the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance.

The University of Connecticut's basketball season is slipping away. The defending national champion lost for the sixth time in seven games and eighth time in the last 11 on Saturday.

The # 2 Orange will look to sweep rivalry week at the Carrier Dome on Saturday afternoon when they meet the UConn Huskies at 1 PM.

STORRS, Conn. - The University of Connecticut announced Friday that the NCAA denied its request for a waiver after the Huskies' men's basketball team was ruled ineligible for postseason play in 2012-13 based on academic performance.

The University of Connecticut has proposed reducing the number of games it will play next season if the NCAA grants a waiver to allow the Huskies to play in the 2013 men's basketball tournament.

Calhoun remains on medical leave - University of Connecticut Official Athletics Site "I'm feeling better, but as of now, I wouldn't be able to coach," Calhoun said Tuesday.

The school currently would be barred from the NCAA tournament, a penalty for years of below-standard academic results, but it requested a waiver last month.

The University of Connecticut has proposed its own penalties for failing to meet academic standards on its men's basketball team, if the NCAA will allow the Huskies to participate in the 2013 championship tournament.

HARTFORD, Conn. - The University of Connecticut has proposed reducing the number of games it will play next season if the NCAA grants a waiver to allow the Huskies to play in the 2013 men's basketball tournament.

Welcome to Week 12 of the Examiner.com college basketball rankings, where Examiners from all over the nation vote for their Top 25 college basketball teams.

In the first of two non-league meets this weekend, the Big Green women's swimming and diving team displayed tremendous depth, as it secured wins against both Northeastern University and the University of Rhode Island on Saturday.

On the day the University of Connecticut women's basketball team blew out Villanova by 23 points, freshman Kiah Stokes was the only Huskies player who didn't see the court.

AP photo UConn's Alex Oriakhi drives to the hoop during Saturday's game against Seton Hall.

Federal prosecutors are dropping their investigation of Lance Armstrong, ending a nearly two-year effort aimed at determining whether the seven-time Tour de France winner and his teammates participated in a doping program.

Rutgers' Monique Oliver gets past Notre Dame's Natalie Achonwa for a basket in the first half of the teams' game Tuesday.

Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun walks off the court after losing to Rutgers 67-60 in an NCAA college basketball game in Piscataway, N.J., Saturday, Jan.

University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence, the school announced on Friday.

CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM With apologies to Warren Harding, Duke faces a return to normalcy tonight in women's basketball with a home game against Wake Forest.

Wednesday was National Signing Day around the country and while most athletes had already given their verbal commitments, it was time to officially put pen to paper.